The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-24

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Spies, Spencer, and May and Mrs. Denny.
/ Items from the Courts.
A sALooN-KEEPER's SCHEME THwARTED.
Jacob Henry, the East Washing ton street sa-
loon keeper arrested on Sunday, was not tried
yesterday morning. He began making arrange
ments to take change of venue justice. and
| Superintendent Travis had the prosecution dis
miss the before the Mayor, and information
| was filed in the Criminal Court.
| SENTENCE OF A BURGLAR.
| Justice was melted out very quickly to Edward
! Harris, the Chicago burglar, who robbed Joseph
| C. Kare's house last Friday night He waived
examination in the Mayors court yesterday morn
| ing, and asked to be taken to the Criminal Court
| for trial. He was taken before Judge Irwin,
! pleaded guilty, ard was sentenced to four years
| In the penitentiary.
LITIGATION OVER A RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION.
The suit of Moses Bradford against the
| Frankfort, st. Louis e. Toledo railroad and
others was transferred to the United States
| Circuit Court yesterday. It's purpose is to have
| the consolidation of thar road with the Cincin-
natl e. ST. Louis road declared null and void,
| and to have the title of road from Warren to
| Kokomo quoted in the Frankfort, St Louis 81
| Toledo company.
THE ExEcUTIoN AGAINST COY AND PERKINS.
| The execution issued against Simeon Coy and
| Samuel Perkins as the bondsmen of Anderson
and Van Saak, the confidence men, is still in
the hands of the sheriff, unserved, and the at
taches of the Office yesterday refused to give
| any information as to what would be done with
| it. Bo:h Coy and Perkins have been served
| with notice of it's being issued. and Simeon gave
| the deputy such bluff that it is doubtful il he
| is again bothered.
AN APPRENTICES SUIT FOR WAGES.
Thomas Duncan is young man who became
| apprentice in Haugh, Ketcham & Co.'S iron
| works The contract specified that he was to
remain with them certain number of years,
and was to receive stipulated amount. He
was discharged before he completed his appren-
ticeshp and brought suit against the company
for the wages he would have earned had he been
allowed to remain during the time named in his
contract, amounting to 81, 224. The case is
trial before jury in Judge Howe's room.
DESERTED WIVES SEEKING DIVORCES
Maggie A. Marshal has applied for divorce
from her husband. Henry nj. Marshal. They
were married in 1888, and after he had lived
with her short time ne deserted her and went
to Cincinnati, where he has since lived. There
is one child by the marriage. OF which she asks
the custody Rosa Atkinson also desires 90 be
granted legal separation from her husband
Henry Atkinson, to whom she was married in
December. 1880 Last September he refused to
live with her any longer, and, according to her
complaint, has been continually annoying her.
SUING FOR TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
Last October George D. Brown stored in the
Western elevator twenty thousand bushels of
wheat. to be held by the proprietors of the ele
va.or for an anticipated advance in price. The
wheat was held only a few days and then sold by
the elevator proprietors, and Mr.. Brown, alleg-
ing that he did not realize the worth of the
stock, refused to accept the money for which it
Sold and brought suit for $50, 900, the value
of the wheat at ST. per bushel. This price, he
claims, he could have got if the wheat had been
held as he desired. The case is on trial before
jury in the Circuit Court. It is very tedious,
and will probably consume the entire week.
Industrial and business Notes.
Budd & Co. placed in their ice storage house
last week 20.0 900 dozens of eggs. and it was
off week for eggs at that.
H. l.. Smith, who purchased the old Rouse
mandatory from Receiver johnson, yesterday
commenced operations with quite respectable
force of men.
Hetherington e. Berner are doing a large
amount of heavy iron architectural work. melt
ing some 9, 900 pounds of iron per day to put into
this class of work.
Putting up coffee in packages, practically
new industry in Indianapolis and rapidly
growing one, is giving employment to a large
number of women.
ing point for driven-well supplies. The Rouse
points shipped all over the United States
and Canada. Yesterday the house shipped sew
eral hundred to Fittsburg and Chicago
The Indianapolis Manufacturing Company
have just completed foundry, addition to
their machine shops which will give them facil-
heretofore
bic them &c turn out heavy work more promptly
Dean Brothers have Just shipped a large min
ing pump the Parke County Coal Company,
having a capacity for pumping 800 gallons per
minute They have also shipped two min ing
pumps to the Wellston 10. J Coal Company, and
one mining pump to Peoria, Ill.
The Byrkit Combined Sheating and Lath Com
pany have Just secured their thirty fourth pat
tern patent, and the makers of this machine
now claim that it is perfect. A A. Adair secre-
tary and treasurer of the company, has just gone
East in the interests of the industry
On June / the United States encaustic tile
works will advance the price of their tile two
cents per square foot These works yesterday
shipped a large lot of tile to Helena, Montana,
to 60 into the courthouse which Harry
Palmer, formerly of this city. has the contract
to build.
Saturday last was a field day with Chandler &
TAYLOR They shipped ffty-h power
CINE Cincinnati be used for electric lighting
a thirty horse power engine and boilers to
Jamestown, Pa. aud twenty -fve-horse power
engine and boilers to manufacturing town in
Massachusetts,
ing 60 into the packing business on a larger
scale this season than ever. They are building
number of novel machines for stripping the green
from the ear. Two persons work at each
machine, and they strip 160 cobs minute.
The machine is the invention of an Indianapolis
large per cent of the production of the
Udell works goes TO foreign countries. The
great number of orders these works receive
from other countries for their step-ladders and
other articles would surprise those who rot
posted One year from Mr. Barnes expects
TO be working 300 persons at MS works; about
double the number he now employs.
The Wholesale dealers in gas pipe are reaping
a harvest. Orders are coming in for pipe from
many of the small towns and in quite a number
of places houses TO deal in gas fixtures. mains,
etc, have recently been established. In most
cases they unite pumps of all descriptions with
their other business One of the hoesale deal
ers says 1t Is surprising what business has